Pick-up Sticks anyone? <a title="Kengo Kuma’s Cafe Kureon is Designed for Disassembly " href="http://kkaa.co.jp/" target="_blank">Kengo Kuma + and Associates</a> used wood as if it were masonry to create the beautifully stacked Cafe Kureon in Toyama, Japan. An organic <a title="Kengo Kuma’s Cafe Kureon is Designed for Disassembly " href="http://inhabitat.com/kengo-kumas-transparent-temporary-shelter-pays-homage-to-classic-japanese-literature/" target="_blank">construction</a> inspired by the forest, this cozy eatery was made by piling up locally sourced logs Jenga-style.

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Kengo Kuma's wooden Cafe Kureon is designed for disassembly

Cafe Kureon consist of an enclosed glass box surrounded by columns of piled blocks and topped with a corrugated metal roof.

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Kengo Kuma's wooden Cafe Kureon is designed for disassembly

Kuma used local <a title="Kengo Kuma’s Cafe Kureon is Designed for Disassembly " href="http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/construction/materials/untreated-lumber-better.htm" target="_blank">untreated wood</a> and held the timber stacks together with thin steel rods.

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Kengo Kuma's wooden Cafe Kureon is designed for disassembly

This unique building method makes <a title="Kengo Kuma’s Cafe Kureon is Designed for Disassembly " href="http://ecodesign.lboro.ac.uk/?section=97" target="_blank">disassembly</a> easy, so the café can be moved to a different location when the time comes.

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Kengo Kuma's wooden Cafe Kureon is designed for disassembly

Kengo Kuma’s Cafe Kureon is yet another example of how Japanese architecture <a title="Kengo Kuma’s Cafe Kureon is Designed for Disassembly " href="http://inhabitat.com/japanese-takaya-house-features-a-natural-floor-made-from-tamped-earth/" target="_blank">brings the outside in</a>.

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Kengo Kuma's wooden Cafe Kureon is designed for disassembly

The interiors are light and airy, thanks to large floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Kengo Kuma's wooden Cafe Kureon is designed for disassembly

Interlocking lengths of timber are placed perpendicular to each other to form wooden columns both inside and outside.

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Kengo Kuma's wooden Cafe Kureon is designed for disassembly

Pick-up Sticks anyone? Kengo Kuma + and Associates used wood as if it were masonry to create the beautifully stacked Cafe Kureon in Toyama, Japan. An organic construction inspired by the forest, this cozy eatery was made by piling up locally sourced logs Jenga-style.